• ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.world
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    Maybe they should write a letter in support of the stoner cats to the SEC. Here, I’ll start it for you.

    Stoner Cats are role models, and set an extraordinary standard around how you treat other people.

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      I lost so much respect for them. Fuck Ashton Kutcher and fuck Mila Kunis. Hypocrite cunts, the lot of them.

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        My respect for them was lost long ago. Ashton was being all buddy buddy with Danny throughout the whole trial and using the whole “innocent till proven guilty” defense. Meanwhile he didn’t give that benefit to any of the people he had arrested through his organization. Ashton built a rep by condemning suspected rapists before they even went to trial, but when the rapist is his buddy Danny, suddenly things are different.

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          I mean you can understand why he did it. If a person you are close to is accused of the same thing you would do the same. And when is saying “innocent until proven guilty” became a bad thing. Are we really starting to persecute people people before they are proven guilty? I understand what he did damaged lot of lives but also understand there are people who falsely accused others and ruined their lives. Now coming to ashton being a hypocrite and not giving same benefit of doubt is not something i can comment on because I do not follow his life. I hope now that danny is proven guilt aston understands what kind of person danny is.

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            My understanding is that the letter he and Mila wrote in defense of Danny was after Danny was found guilty. They were asking for a more lenient sentence.

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          I don’t follow celebrity or pop culture so it doesn’t make it to my radar till they do some dumb shit like this and show their true colors.

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        It’s like there’s 3 decent people in all of Hollywood. But yeah, celebrities are not your friends. And anyone involved in NFT is the scum of the earth.

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      It’s funny how they’re getting crucified but kurtwood Smith and Debra jo Rupp are getting away with it cause they kept their mouths shut and haven’t responded to the controversy.

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        Yep, silence is usually the way to go.

        Plus if you’re gonna do an apology, don’t do it looking like you just woke out of bed and are being forced to say these things. Everything about that apology was wrong on every level lol. So insincere.

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        I’ve never heard those names in my life. Probably part of the reason.

        Edit: I just asked my partner if she had ever heard those names and she said they were the other cast members of That 70’s Show, so I probably know who they are but never their names.

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        It reminds me a bit of the whole Eva Green controversy, where it was revealed she called other people peasants.

        She’s a star, she knows she’s a star, she’s not going to pretend she’s not a star. Haughty, imperious, out of touch. Weirdly, my respect for her grew after that whole thing.

        Nothing worse than a star who pretends to be humble or contrite.

        Ashton and Mila would have been far better saying nothing or only commenting through their representation like the A-listers they are.

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          A-listers they are

          Or were. Kutcher hasn’t had a decent movie… Well ever. I feel worse for Kunis who was a legitimate star until recently but has kinda gone into the shit here by association.

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              I mean I agree she shouldn’t have written the letter and that neither of them should’ve, but it’s not as if they actually raped the women. So it’s all by association.

              Edit: and she didn’t even make the pervy groomer comments during the trucker hat era

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    Nice to see celebrities bitch slapped back into place. Now do the same with CEO’s.

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    Funny how the Kardashians never got smoked by the SEC. They were reported for the same exact shit.

    Edit looks like Kim got a slap on the wrist. Her net worth is 1.7 billion and she got fined ~a million dollars. She paid 0.05% of her net worth for breaking a law and fucking over many thousands of poor people. Fuck that.

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    So it kind of sucks they did this, as their implementation of NFT’s was a decent use case for NFT’s outside of being investments. DRM rights that abide by first sale doctrine even if company dies is a good reason for a blockchain. Too bad they decided to treat it as something to invest in.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The SEC has charged the Hollywood power couple’s NFT-based web series, “Stoner Cats,” calling the NFTs unregistered securities.

    Per the SEC, “Stoner Cats is an adult animated television show about house cats that become sentient after being exposed to their owner’s medical marijuana.” By buying one of 10,000 NFTs worth around $800 each, fans could get exclusive access to the six-episode animated series, which features celebrities like Jane Fonda, Chris Rock and Seth MacFarlane.

    Another great quote from this formal SEC document: “@StonerCatsTV tweeted on September 7, 2021 a meme suggesting that the smartest thing to do during a dip in the crypto markets would be to ‘Buy more ETH & sweep the Stoner Cats floor.

    There will also be a Fair Fund that will return money to people who were financially harmed by purchasing the NFTs.

    Last year, Kim Kardashian reached a $1.26 million settlement with the SEC over failing to properly disclose that she was being paid to promote a crypto asset security sold by EthereumMax.

    “Regardless of whether your offering involves beavers, chinchillas or animal-based NFTs, under the federal securities laws, it’s the economic reality of the offering – not the labels you put on it or the underlying objects – that guides the determination of what’s an investment contract and therefore a security,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, in a statement.


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    So today we’ve learned once again, that given enough money, breaking the law and scamming people is fine